Professor Jim Norton

PROFESSOR M.J. NORTON
BEng(Hons) CDir CEng DEng FIEE FIoD FRSA

Key Speaking Engagements Completed - Professor Jim Norton - 2004:

2nd December - Spoke at the TSANet Members Conference in Mainz, Germany on "Challenges for the next five years: Security & Interoperability"

24th - 26th November - Chaired conference on "Regulating Dominant Telecommunications Incumbents in Small Economies" for the Office of Utility Regulation - Guernsey

11th November - Gave keynote address to the 'Smartcard and Society' seminar, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand on "Smart Cards - Threat or Panacea?"

3rd November - Gave opening address to Microsoft Business Intelligence Seminar, Manchester on "ICT for UK plc's competitive advantage & an introduction to Business Intelligence".

26th October - Gave keynote presentation to IoD South Business Transformation Seminar, Ashford on "People & Technology Drivers for Business Success.

20th October - Gave opening address to Microsoft Business Intelligence Seminar, Reading on "ICT for UK plc's competitive advantage & an introduction to Business Intelligence".

19th October -Gave keynote presentation to IoD South Business Transformation Seminar, Basingstoke on "People & Technology Drivers for Business Success.

14th October - Gave keynote speech on "People & Technolgy Drivers for Business Success" at IoD South Business Transformation Seminar, Gatwick.

8th October - Led press conference to announce the results of the IoD Policy Unit "Affordable Broadband Access" survey, IoD, 116 Pall Mall, London.

21st September - Spoke at IoD/Avaya web seminar on the business impact of voice over IP.

15th September - Spoke at IoD/Dell Breakfast Seminar for the Media on "IT trends for smaller companies".

13th July - Gave evidence to the House of Commons Trade & Industry Select Committee for their "Knowledge Economy" inquiry.

8th July - Spoke at the IIR International Risk Management Congress in London.

17.11.2005.

1st July - Spoke at the Conference on "Competitiveness: Challenges and Opportunities for Asian Countries" in Bangkok.

22nd June - Recorded a panel session for e-Gov TV on security in public sector ICT systems.

7th June - Spoke at an IPPR Roundtable Seminar "A CIO for Government" in Portcullis House Westminster.

24 March - Member of expert review panel for MBA student group project presentations. Said Business School, Oxford University.

4-5 March - Participated in the "e-Government in the EU in 2010: Key policy and research challenges" workshop. European Commission Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) Seville Spain.

26th February - Gave a seminar at the Electrical & Electronic Engineering Department University of Sheffield on "Challenges in the regulation of communications over the next ten years".

19th February - e-Business lectures to Sheffield University Management School MBA students. Lecture Three "New opportunities - new threats". Lecture Four "Benchmarking global best practice".

18th February - Participated in the 3rd Asymmetric Threats Contingency Alliance roundtable debate Safety, Security and Defence - at what long term cost?, sponsored by VISA International & mi2g

12th February - e-Business lectures to Sheffield University Management School MBA students. Lecture One "e-Business myths and realities". Lecture Two "Broadband and mobile access matter".

5th February - Spoke at the British American Business Inc (BABI) Evening Meeting on: "E-Commerce and Business Process: Where are we now?".
28th January - Panelist at the Access to Broadband Conference (ABC) "Revolution at the Edge: Broadband Networks and Innovation" Cisco Systems Europe, Bedfont Lakes, Middlesex, UK.